Mop-head.



No. 700,675. Patented May 20, I902.

E. B. BAMPB E MOP HE (Application Fe (No Model.)

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMERSON B. CAMPBELL, OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO MELVILLE II. WVANGENI-I'EIM, OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

MOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION rorming part of Letters Patent N 0. 700,675, dated May 20, 1902 Appli ation fil d February 3,1902. Serial No. 92,436. on model-- To M6 1071,0122, it may concern: comprises the rear band 23,'surrounding the Beitknown that I, EMERSON B. CAMPBELL, handle and having its ends formed into cars a citizen of the United States, residing at Ba- 17, which lie within the ears l6. Said piece kerslield, in the county of Kern and State of 19 and band 23 thus form a'complete ring California, have invented certain new and around the mop-handle.

usefullmpro'vementsin Mop-Heads, of which To close the yoke up to the cross-head and the following is a specification. to inclose the lloor or window cleaner there My invention relates to improvements in' in, all that is necessary is to push the hanholders for mops and floor and window cleandle toward the middle portion of the yoke. 1ov ers, the object of my invention being to pro- The oblique sides of the ratchet-teeth 21 then vide a cheap and simple construction for this slip past the stud or screw 22, said stud or purpose. screw passing behind each tooth in succession My invention therefore resides in the novel and holding the cross-head and yoke against construction, combination, and arrangement separation from each other. To separate the 15 of parts for the above ends hereinafter fully same, the handle is grasped in one hand and specified andparticnlarly pointed out in the the yoke is given a slight twist to one side, claims. with the other hand withdrawing the ratchet- In the accompanying, drawings, Figurel is teeth out of engagement with the stud or a side elevation of my improved holder, showscrew. The runner can then be moved freely 2o ing the floor and window cleaner clamped along the handle to any desired position,and therein. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. by releasing the twisting pressure the stud Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. will engage the notch opposite to it and hold 4. is a perspective view of a part of the crossthe yoke against further withdrawal from the head. Fig. 5 isasimilar view of another por-. cross-head. 25 tion thereof. Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sec- The floor or window cleaner shown comtion on the line A A of Fig. 2. prises a strip of wood-24, two strips of rubber Referring to'the drawings, the handle 1 of 25 and 26, separated bysaid wooden strip, and the holderhas secured on the upper end therea clamp 27, of metal. Said clamp 27 is formed of a sleeve 2. Saidsleeve is stamped out of out of single pieces of sheet metal, the mid- 30 sheet metal and bent into a cylindrical form, dle portion thereof being bentinto a U shape, two of its edgesfibeing brought aroundclose so as to clamp the rubber strips upon the to each otherand the whole being seen red to strip of wood, and having also upper and lower the handle 1- by driving the prongs ofa stawings 28 29, bent back from the U-shaped ple 5 through small apertures 6 adjacent to middle portion, said wings having flanges 30, 35 said edges. Before, hOWQVGlkli'; is thus sewhich engage one the edge of the trough and cured to the handle the upper-end is bent over the otherthe middle portion of the yoke. on opposite sides, as shown at S, to form hooks I claim- 9, engaging the opposite edges of a cross-piece 1. In a mop-head, the combination with the or trough 10. Said trough is formed of sheet cross-head and yoke, of a ring to which the 40 metal bent into a U shape, its edges being ends of the yoke are attached, and a handle, notched, as shown at 11. The ends of said said ring and handle having thereon,'the one trough have cuttherein recesses 12, which, a series of ratchet-teeth, and the othera stud form guides for the side pieces 13 of the wire for engaging said teeth, the ratchet teeth yoke 14. Its ends are bent into books 15, pointing tangentially or laterally and being 45 which pass through cars 16 17 on the runner. freed from said stop by a rotary relative 5 Said runner comprises the front piece 19, havmovement of the ring and handle, substaniug the cars 16 and having cut therein a slot tially as described. 20, one edge of which is formed into a rack 2. In amop-head,the combination with the with ratchet-teeth 21, which engage a stud or cross-head, yoke and handle, of a runner se 50 screw22 in the mop-handle. Said runner also cured to the yoke, said runner having there- 10o on a rack having teeth pointing laterally or tangentially, and a stud on said handle to engage said rack, substantially as described.

3. In a mop-head, the combination with a cross-head, yoke and handle, of a runner comprising a piece having a rack formed thereon, and having ears, and a band having ears, the ends of the yoke being hooked to engage the ears of said piece and band, and a stud-on said handle engaging said rack, substantially as described.

4C. In a mop-head, in combination with the handle, yoke, and means for regulating the yoke, a cross-head comprising a cross-piece formed of sheet metal bentinto a U shape to form a trough, and a ferrule or sleeve stamped E. B. CAMPBELL.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCES M. VVRIGIIT, B. GORFINKEL. 

